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-rw-r--r--drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index a56081ce170f..a8b31b0ca57f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
#include <linux/math64.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+/*
+ * Please note when changing the tuning values:
+ * If (MAX_INTERESTING-1) * RESOLUTION > UINT_MAX, the result of
+ * a scaling operation multiplication may overflow on 32 bit platforms.
+ * In that case, #define RESOLUTION as ULL to get 64 bit result:
+ * #define RESOLUTION 1024ULL
+ *
+ * The default values do not overflow.
+ */
#define BUCKETS 12
#define INTERVALS 8
#define RESOLUTION 1024